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[1] Preliminary design for a house, 1789, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/99
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a house, 1789, unexecuted
Aspect
Upper: plan of a house comprising a central range with flanking wings and a porte-cochere to the front. The staircases are at the front of the house and flanking two rooms. To the rear are two apsidal-ended rooms within a bow
Lower: principal floor plan showing a central range with flanking wings and a porte-cochere, with a stables on one side. There are two staircases set back from the front, flanking the entrance hall. Other rooms include a library, dining room and drawing room which was in a rear circular bow-ended room with a columned balcony. In the bottom left corner is another plan with two oval-shaped rooms in the rear bow-ended part of the house
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
T-- Gillies Esqr sent at / Balmakewan in the County of / Angus ~ / Butler - / Library / Hall / Drawing room / Dining room with some room dimensions. (Verso) [_ _ _ _ _ _] Expense to Mr Wemys [_ _ _ _ _] with a floor plan and some calculations
Signed and dated
- 1789
datable to 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (194x270)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Watermark
T French
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 3
King, 2001, p. 121
Further literature references in scheme notes
King, 2001, p. 121
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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